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  Five warning signs in the American Church that church leaders around the world must note

  A recent research project has highlighted concerns about the effective quality of Christian faith in the United States of America. It revealed a highly privatized and personalized faith with limited public impact and relatively low confidence in salvation. Back to the Bible recommends that churches worldwide learn from the American data and make an urgent shift from activity metrics to transformation outcomes to assess the impact of our faith in the world.

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  Seven counter-cultural biblical truths for ethical leadership

  Ethics cannot be limited to just one area of life like business. Unfortunately, it is a subject almost forgotten by institutions and organizations in many parts of the world. Christians should not ignore biblically-based ethics in business. In any workplace our most profitable course of action is to be the kind of person or organization our colleagues and clients want to do business with.

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  Blessed are the peacemakers: a pastoral call from Jerusalem in a time of war

  From his ancestral home in Old Jerusalem, Jack Sara laments the relentless rhythm of violence that rises, devastates, and returns again to wound people and their future. Nevertheless, he holds fast to his faith in God and God's vision for a peaceful world—for shalom. He calls us to pray for peace, speak up for peace, be reconciliatory, and hold on to our ultimate hope.

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  Considering Christian ethics in the time of war

  Like other believers in conflict zones, Ukrainian Christians have been wrestling with issues of war that many Western Christians have long discussed only in theory... issues that may become reality sooner rather than later. Ukraine is becoming a laboratory of ethics for the global Church. We would do well to listen very carefully.

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  Why pro-choice advocates should oppose the abortion pill

  For decades, the case for legal abortion rested on two central claims: that women’s rights depend on autonomy over their bodies, and that legal access would make abortion safer than the dangerous black-market alternatives it replaced. If those claims still matter, pro-choice advocates should be deeply concerned about how abortion pills are being distributed today and work with the pro-life movement to change it.

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